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J. WIGK'S.

GISTERN VALVE FOR WATER GLOSETS.

No. 400,982. Patented Apr. 9, u?, 75

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M'W- M@ mm f @m `NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH IVIO/KS, OF TICA, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TVO-THIRDS TO GEORGEv H.lHUGHES AND YILLARD O. HUGHES, BOTH OF SAME PLAGE.

C1s'TERN-vALvE Fon WATER-CLOSE'T'S:

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,982, dated April 9,1889. Application filed January 30, 1888. Serial No. 262,438. (Nomodel.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH IVICKS, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCistern-Valves for Water-Closets; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to' which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to an improved cistern-valve for water-closetsr avalve adapted to similar use.

of reference refer to like or similar parts in Y both figures of thedrawings.

In constructing my device I provide in a suitable cistern, as 1, acylinder, 2, preferably provided with a sloping top, 18, and havingaSiphon-shaped pipe, 3, connected therewith, so as to receivea iow ofwater from the cylinder, carry it above the water-line (indicated bydott-ed line 4) of the cistern, and discharge it below the lowest levelof the water in the cistern, or into a' pipe projecting up the longerarm of the siphon. In cylinder2 is provided a plunger, 5, moved by stem6, acting through an air-tight packing, 7, on the head of the cylinder.Water is admitted to the cylinder from the cistern through a series ofholes (shown at 8,) near the bottom thereof, although the cylinder maybe set up on legs in'lieu of the holes. In plunger 5 is provided a`valve,

-9, opening upward. This valve I prefer to construct as light aspracticable, so that it will not impede the flow of the water whenestablished very materially. A tube, 10, is provided opening into thesiphon-pipe 3, near the highestl point thereof, and extending downwardtoward the bottom of the cistern. An extension portion, 11, of tube l0is provided, being connected through an air-tight packing, 12,therewith'. I also prefer to provide a vent or air tube, 13, extendingdown the discharge-arm of the Siphon-pipe 3 to a .point below the lowestwater-level-of the cistern. Means for operating the plunger are providedin connecting-rod 14, lever 15, and handle 16.' AI prefer to constructplunger 5 heavy or weighted and not tittin g very tightly ing into thecistern, over `which the longer arm of the siphon is placed, whichadmits of -the device being easily removed from the The operation of mydevice is asfollows: The cistern 1 being full of'water, substantially upto the "water-line '4, which also fills cylinder 2 and a short arm ofthe Siphon-pipe 3 to the same level, the water passing into the sainethrough holes 8, and it being desired to cause a flow of vwater from thecistern 1,v

plunger 5 is caused to ascend,and the valve 9 being closed the water inthe short arm of the pipe 3 and in thevcylinder isV forced over the turnin the siphon-pipe 3 and down the longer arm thereof or thedischarge-pipe 17 in the arm below the water-line ofthe cistern.

continues. to pass from the cistern through holes 8, valve 9, and pipe3, until the waterlevel of the cistern has fallen below1 the lower endof tube 10 as adjusted by extension 11, when air is admitted to pipe 3Ithrough tube 10 and breaks the siphon action and stopsthe flow ofwaterfrom cistern 1. .As soon as the plunger has made its upwardmovement- -A si-phon action is thus established and water the long armof Siphon-pipe 3 or dischargepipe 17 inside the arm, or an extensionthereof, is water trapped and the inflow into the eistern 1 is largeinpproportion to the device, the Siphon aetion will not be entirelybroken. To overcome this, I provide tube 13 to admit air to the longlarm of the siphonfshaped pipe at a `point below the low Water-line ofthe eistern;` which will cause all iiow to surely eease.- Y

1Whatl claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1, The Combination of a'oistern, a cylinder having' a plunger adapted tomove therein, Said plunger having a valve, a Siphon connected with theeyli11der,and a vent or air tube extending down the longer arin of theSiphon to a point above the bottoni of the eistern, substantially ne setforth.

2. A cylinder having an inclined top, in 2o l toin of the cistern, adownWardly-extending pipe, 10, entering said siphon near its highest 3opoint, and a pipe, 17, extending` up into said Siphon, substantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

JOSEPH WICKS. Tit-messes:

JOSIAH PERRY, MILTON E. ROBINSON.

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